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Old 5th May 2008, 06:25 PM
gohm
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Default Re: Is 0.999999.... (infinite) equal to 1?

Yep, my line of thought was also the same as Patty's on this one from the earlier thread. Only one (or variables like 15/15) is equal to one in our current base 10 system. Excluding rounding for practical use:

If .9 repeating is = 1 then:
.9 to google plex= 1,
.99999999999999= 1,
.99999999999998= 1,
.9= 1,
.89= 1,
.75=1, etc.

Then all science theory breaks down into utter hopeless chaos... laugh.
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